Sab @sab@librem.one

@stephenfry Good thing they added the line about the British having a long tradition of being respectful of other cultures and being loved internationally, if not it would have been impossible to tell this was satire.

@ikaferrergotich I'm sure people have different reasons, but in my case it's about privacy. I want an online search for my name to return as little as possible about myself. If I get another account using my full name, I would restrict it to purely work-related content.

I don't want to have a personal online presence.

I don't want people who Google me to find my reflections on how I feel about an online presence. I want them to find my work, and nothing else. I think the internet is creepy.

@fairyqueen91 There's something that feels very old internet revivalist about everybody suddenly getting excited about alt texts again.

Not what I expected from 2022, but welcome for sure!

@jhpot Great article, congrats.

I had no idea server operators could read DMs - maybe it's because I never sent one, hopefully it's well indicated. In either case this seems likea pretty major setback - does anybody know the rationale behind it? Or is it due to technical limitations?

For moderation purposes, one would think it would be enough for the conversion to become readable if either party reports it to moderators.

@stephenfry oh yes, the Californian blue!

@EUIPO The Phrygian cap could be successfully repurposed as a symbol against the corruption of the IOC, where a revolution is clearly overdue.

So this might be a pretty good mascot, all in all.

@mcneely 28 checking in. A friend (same age) asked me today if I was using BeReal, to which I answered "no, I'm trying to get into Mastodont". Her response was "okay boomer".

I think it's an old platform indeed.

Not sure it's a bad thing though. Mastodon seems to have the same age distribution any other social network has when it's getting ready to die, but unlike other networks Mastodon is designed for this.

@Brandi_Buchman Nice try, but I'm sure where he comes from a "dictionary" just means an evil communist propaganda leaflet.

@pmroman @EU_Commission This is a great point - negative digital rights should also be ensured. Essential services such as banking should be guaranteed even for non-digital users - and online services should not depend on a smartphone or a product of any particular brand.

@GTK @antolius In case anybody is interested in picking up this - there seems to be a GTK4 Mastodon client out there already!

...well, at least almost. A GTK4 alpha of the app Tootle was pushed to github in July last year. No updates since then though - but the stable 1.0 release still works like a charm. Absolutely a project deserving of more attention.

https://github.com/bleakgrey/tootle

@kathygriffin I know this is awfully optimistic after all these years, but I still have some hope that a Republican House in the current climate will be a disaster for the GOP.

Part of the GOP is realizing that team crazy did not win them any new fans this election. Team crazy on the other hand (Greene et al) will never stop shouting conspiracy theories. If republicans seeking reelection want to distance themselves from the crazies, the house will likely end up divided in three.

@textfiles Reminds me of Peter Seller's interpretation of Hard Days Night, just much more over the top and somehow not in the name of humour. https://youtu.be/zLEMncv140s

That said, I kind of dig it.

@alissaazar @kathygriffin Give it a shot! I can count on a hand how many TV shows I've genuinely enjoyed, this is one of them.

@debe @Gargron I haven't been here for too many months, but in my experience, I was just here to follow niche open source software stuff, and I never managed to get into twitter. Suddenly the place just explodes with life, but with the way Mastodon works, the communities I used to follow are not really affected at all except that there's a little more activity - what has changed is just that there's suddenly a lot more going on elsewhere if one cares to look for it.

It's an enrichment for sure!

@MRC @Gargron There are quite a few bits around, but most of them do cross posting with other sites or work as an RSS feed. I haven't seen any problematic bots yet.

They could very well appear (or be here already), but with the way content is shared and moderated on Mastodon they are much less likely to have any reach. If a server fails to moderate and becomes a haven for trolls and spam, the entire server can be blocked either by the other servers or by individual users. :)